Azzurri Win Thanks to 2 Retegui Goals

Florida, Beritasatu.com – Mateo Retegui scored two goals and gave Italy a 2-1 win against Venezuela in a friendly match at Chase Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA, Friday (22/3/2024) morning WIB.

Retegui opened the scoring five minutes before halftime, meeting Andrea Cambiaso's pass. Venezuelan winger Darwin Machis equalized three minutes later due to a mistake by goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma.

Team Azzurri coached by Luciano Spalletti controlled most of the match. but couldn't score again until 10 minutes before the final whistle. At that time Retegui fired a shot at Rafael Romo's goal to secure the win.

Italy continue their preparations for Euro 2024 in Germany, where they will face Spain, Albania and Croatia in group B.

The sky blue squad will meet Ecuador on Sunday for another friendly in Harrison, New Jersey, while Venezuela will play Guatemala in Houston.

In another match at Zenica, Ukraine won 2-1 over host Bosnia Herzegovina in the semifinals of the Euro 2024 playoffs, early Friday morning. Ukraine achieved victory thanks to a late goal from striker Artem Dovbyk.

This victory brought Ukraine to the final round of the Euro 2024 playoffs against Iceland. The winner will get a ticket to the 2024 European Cup (Euro) finals in Germany next June.

Iceland beat Israel 4-1 to book a place in the playoff final, with Albert Gudmundsson scoring a hat trick and Arnor Traustason scoring the other goal.

Due to Russia's invasion of their country, Ukraine will host Iceland next Tuesday in Wroclaw, Poland.